John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt is (not) a Rell Person–Andrew Wasson
There are two main goals of this essay. The first is to determine whether the song “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” is based on the life of a real person. The second is to determine (regardless of Schmidt’s existence) the origin of the song.

The Finer Things: The Ice Age
–Doug Bennett
In DSB’s first installment of his The Finer Things column, DSB examines the sorry state of current ice cubes and suggests a paradigm-shift that will surely be the new standard for all ice-cubes for years to come.

Sales
–John Caruso
In an excerpt from Caruso’s forthcoming book, Sales, Caruso subtly lays the groundwork for future work and the rest of the book.